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In recent trading, shares of Kronos Worldwide Inc have crossed above the average analyst 12-month target price of $6.67, changing hands for $6.77/share. When a stock reaches the target an analyst has set, the analyst logically has two ways to react: downgrade on valuation, or, re-adjust their target price to a higher level.

Investors considering a purchase of Kronos Worldwide Inc shares, but tentative about paying the going market price of $6.68/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the February 2017 put at the $5 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of 25 cents.

In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ''DividendRank'' report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months. The officers and directors of a company tend to have a unique insider's view of the business, and presumably the only reason an insider would choose to take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock in the open market, is that they expect to make money — maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 6/2/16, Kronos Worldwide Inc will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.15, payable on 6/16/16. As a percentage of KRO's recent stock price of $5.86, this dividend works out to approximately 2.56%, so look for shares of Kronos Worldwide Inc to trade 2.56% lower — all else being equal — when KRO shares open for trading on 6/2/16.

The most recent short interest data has been released by the NASDAQ for the 03/31/2016 settlement date, which shows a 618,284 share increase in total short interest for Kronos Worldwide Inc , to 5,435,460, an increase of 12.83% since 03/15/2016. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded.

Investors in Kronos Worldwide Inc saw new options begin trading this week, for the November 18th expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 228 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent a possible opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 3/3/16, Kronos Worldwide Inc will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.15, payable on 3/17/16. As a percentage of KRO's recent stock price of $6.40, this dividend works out to approximately 2.34%, so look for shares of Kronos Worldwide Inc to trade 2.34% lower — all else being equal — when KRO shares open for trading on 3/3/16.

Investors considering a purchase of Kronos Worldwide Inc shares, but tentative about paying the going market price of $5.15/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the August put at the $5 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of 80 cents.

Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which measures momentum on a scale of zero to 100.

Investors eyeing a purchase of Kronos Worldwide Inc stock, but tentative about paying the going market price of $5.58/share, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the May 2016 put at the $5 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of 35 cents.

The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. Kronos Worldwide Inc presently has a stellar rank, in the top 10% of the coverage universe, which suggests it is among the top most "interesting" ideas that merit further research by investors.